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Mazzoroth

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

The twelve signs of the zodiac

(Job 38:32³²Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? (Job 38:32)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Probably the twelve signs or constellations of the Zodiac (Job 38:32³²Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? (Job 38:32)): see margin. The Hebrew word mazzaloth occurs in 2 Kings 23:5⁵And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. (2 Kings 23:5), translated “planets,” but twelve signs, or “constellations” in the margin.

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

4216 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

mazzarah

Phonic:

maz-zaw-raw’

Meaning:

apparently from 5144 in the sense of distinction; some noted constellation (only in the plural), perhaps collectively, the zodiac

KJV Usage:

Mazzoroth. Compare 4208

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The twelve signs of the zodiac; the wain; Great Bear:―a constellation, Job 38:32. {Signa duodecima}